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Fourth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'95)
Serial transistor network modeling for bridging fault simulation
Bangalore, India
November 23-November 24
ISBN: 0-8186-7129-7
M. Renovell, Lab. d'Inf., Robotique et Microelectron., Univ. des Sci. et Tech. du Languedoc, Montpellier, France
P. Huc, Lab. d'Inf., Robotique et Microelectron., Univ. des Sci. et Tech. du Languedoc, Montpellier, France
Y. Bertrand, Lab. d'Inf., Robotique et Microelectron., Univ. des Sci. et Tech. du Languedoc, Montpellier, France
The most recent bridging fault models, the voting and the biased voting model use the concept of relative transistor strength during fault simulation. A SPICE pre-simulation allows one to determine the relative strength of unit dimension transistors; the results stored in tables are then used during fault simulation. This concept is very efficient for single transistor and parallel transistor networks but suffers when serial transistor networks are considered. The relative strength of serial transistor networks implies the use of many tables (for 2, 3, 4, ... serial n and p transistors) slowing down the fault simulation procedure. This paper presents a new model for serial transistor networks which accelerates bridging fault simulation. This model allows one to easily define a single transistor equivalent to the serial network. In this way, any bridging fault involving any transistor network can be considered as a bridging fault involving single transistors. This model used with either the voting or the biased voting model decreases the number of required tables increasing the efficiency of the bridging fault simulation.
Index Terms:
CMOS logic circuits; fault diagnosis; logic testing; SPICE; integrated circuit modelling; integrated circuit testing; digital simulation; circuit analysis computing; serial transistor network modeling; bridging fault simulation; voting model; biased voting model; relative transistor strength; SPICE pre-simulation; fault simulation procedure; CMOS logic
Citation:
M. Renovell, P. Huc, Y. Bertrand, "Serial transistor network modeling for bridging fault simulation," ats, pp.100, Fourth Asian Test Symposium (ATS'95), 1995
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